Motor-vehicle.



No. 633,763. Patented Sept. 26, I899.

L. KRIEGER.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

(Application filed Aug. 1, 1899. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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ATTORNEYS No. 633,763. Patented Sept. 26, I899.

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MOTOR VEHICLE.

(Application filed Aug. 1, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KRIEGER, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MOTOR-VEH ICLE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,763, datedSeptember 26, 1899.

Application filed August 1, 1899.

To all whmn it ntag concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS KRIEGER, engineer, of 122 Avenue de Villiers,in the city of Paris, Republic of France, have invented Improvements inand Relating to the Mounting of Motors on Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved method of mounting electromotors infore-carriages of vehicles, in which the wheel-axles are independentlypivoted to the fore-carriage to permit of steering the wheel.

My invention consists,essentially,in mounting each motor on a false orsupplementary axle arranged as a prolongation of the axle of thecorresponding wheel and connecting the said motor to the end of a springsecured to this false or supplementary axle, so that the motor restingagainst this spring can pivot or oscillate on the false axle, supportingit in accordance with the differences of efiort exerted on the gearing,and will at the same time be protected by the fiexion of the spring fromthe action of direct shocks proceeding from irregularities of the road.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown by way of example only myimproved method of mounting.

Figure 1 shows in front elevation, and Fig. 2 in side elevation, part ofa pivoted fore-carriage having a group motor mounted thereon accordingto my said invention.

In both figures like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

As well as the group motor illustrated, Fig. 1 shows an axle a, on whichturns the hub 11 of the wheel 0. The said axle a carries a sleeve orsocket cl, which receives-a pivot c on the axletree of the fore-carriagef. The said axle a is, moreover, prolonged by a false or supplementaryaxle g, in axial alinement therewith. On the false axle g are mountedtwo collars h, which form part of the frame Serial No. 725,789. (Nomodel.)

of the motor 2'. These two collars form a bearing and enable the motorto oscillate freely about the axle g. Between the two collars h isfixed, on the false axle g, a carriage-spring or leaf-spring j, to theend of which the motor '5 is connected by means of a link 70. The shaftZ of the motor bears a pinion m, engaging with a toothed wheel a, fixedon the hub b of the Wheel 0. The body of the vehicle rests on the spring0, which is supported by the axletree of the fore-carriage f. Underthese conditions when differences of effort are produced on the gearingthe motor a, resting against the end of the spring j, can move aroundthe axis g, and, moreover. by the fiexion of the spring j this motor iscompletely protected from direct shocks due to irregularities of theroad.

It is obvious that my improved method of mounting and the accessoryarrangements can be somewhat varied according to the va riousapplications.

I claim- An electromotor mounted on a false or sup= plementary axlearranged as a prolongation of the wheel-axle of a vehicle and connectedwith the said false or supplementary axle by means of a spring, so thatthe said motor is capable of angular movementabout the axis whichcarries it when difierences of effort are produced on the gearing, andis protected against shocks or jars, substantially as here inbeforedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, and for thepurposes specified.

The foregoing specification of my improvements in and relating to themounting of motors on vehicles signed by me this 19th day of July, 1899.

LOUIS KRIEGER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. ll/IACLEAN, MAURIcE H. PIGNET.

